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Alonzo R. Aborn (born c.1847) —
of Norwich, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Ellington, Tolland
County, Conn., about 1847.
Republican. Grocer; real estate
business; member of Connecticut
state senate 19th District, 1907-08.
Burial location unknown.
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Amos H. Armington (born c.1846) —
of Danielson, Killingly, Windham
County, Conn.
Born in East Providence, Providence
County, R.I., about 1846.
Republican. Grocer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Killingly, 1905-06, 1913-14.
Burial location unknown.
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Phineas Taylor Barnum (1810-1891) —
also known as P. T. Barnum; "Prince of
Humbugs" —
of Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Bethel, Fairfield
County, Conn., July 5,
1810.
Republican. Grocer; auctioneer;
newspaper
publisher; Entrepreneur, impressario,
museum owner, founder of the Barnum & Bailey circus,
known as "The Greatest Show on Earth"; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1865-66, 1877-79; mayor
of Bridgeport, Conn., 1875-76.
Died, of heart
failure, in Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn., April 7,
1891 (age 80 years, 276
days).
Interment at Mountain
Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport, Conn.; statue at Seaside
Park, Bridgeport, Conn.; statue at Bethel Public Library Grounds, Bethel, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Philo Barnum and Irena (Taylor) Barnum; half-brother of Philo
Fairchild Barnum; married, November
8, 1829, to Charity Hallet; married, September
16, 1874, to Nancy Fish; second cousin of Andrew
Gould Chatfield; second cousin once removed of Charles
Robert Sherman; second cousin thrice removed of Benjamin
Huntington and Almon
Ferdinand Rockwell; third cousin of Charles
Taylor Sherman, William
Tecumseh Sherman, Lampson
Parker Sherman and John
Sherman; third cousin once removed of William
Henry Barnum; third cousin twice removed of Samuel
Huntington, Henry
Huntington, Gurdon
Huntington and Charles
William Barnum; fourth cousin once removed of Ebenezer
Huntington, Samuel
H. Huntington, Abel
Huntington, Benjamin
Nicoll Huntington and Rhamanthus
Menville Stocker. |
| | | Political families: Otis
family of Connecticut; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | — Barnum Avenue,
in Bridgeport,
Connecticut, is named for
him. — The town
of Barnum (incorporated 1887; annexed 1896 to Denver,
Colorado), was named for
him. — The World War II Liberty
ship SS P. T. Barnum (built 1943 at Terminal
Island, Los Angeles, California; scrapped 1961) was named for
him. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books by P. T. Barnum: The
Life of P. T. Barnum: Written by Himself |
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Arthur William Brockway (b. 1875) —
also known as Arthur W. Brockway —
of Lyme, New London
County, Conn.
Born January
7, 1875.
Republican. Grocer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Lyme; elected 1926.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Ebenezer Brockway and Sarah Brockway. |
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Lee Luther Brockway (1852-1937) —
also known as Lee L. Brockway —
of Brockway, Lyme, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Lyme, New London
County, Conn., October
27, 1852.
Republican. Grocer; farmer;
postmaster at Brockway,
Conn., 1887-93; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Lyme, 1903-04, 1931-32.
Died August
1, 1937 (age 84 years, 278
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Ralph E. Case (born c.1870) —
of Avon, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Canton, Hartford
County, Conn., about 1870.
Republican. Grocer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Avon, 1917-18.
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Griswold (1839-1910) —
of Guilford, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Guilford, New Haven
County, Conn., June 30,
1839.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
grocer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Guilford, 1882-83, 1903-08.
Died April
13, 1910 (age 70 years, 287
days).
Interment at Alderbrook Cemetery, Guilford, Conn.
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Oliver Gould Jennings (1865-1936) —
also known as Oliver G. Jennings —
of Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April
27, 1865.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 1916;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Connecticut; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Fairfield, 1923-24; director,
U.S. Industrial Alcohol Company; director, Bethlehem Steel
Corporation; director, Grocery Store Products, Inc.
Episcopalian.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Skull
and Bones.
Died, of bronchial
pneumonia, in the Harbor Sanitarium,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
13, 1936 (age 71 years, 169
days).
Interment at Oak
Lawn Cemetery, Fairfield, Conn.
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Edwin Olmstead Keeler (1846-1923) —
also known as Edwin O. Keeler —
of Norwalk, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Ridgefield, Fairfield
County, Conn., January
12, 1846.
Republican. Wholesale grocer; banker;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Norwalk, 1893-96; mayor
of Norwalk, Conn., 1893-94; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Connecticut, 1896
(member, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee); member of Connecticut
state senate, 1897-1900; Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1901-03; member of Connecticut
Republican State Central Committee, 1901.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died December
4, 1923 (age 77 years, 326
days).
Interment somewhere
in Norwalk, Conn.
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Bernard V. Keevers (born c.1869) —
of Windsor Locks, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Windsor Locks, Hartford
County, Conn., about 1869.
Democrat. Grocery business; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Windsor Locks, 1927-30;
postmaster at Windsor
Locks, Conn., 1933-38 (acting, 1933-34).
Burial location unknown.
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Dominicus Kunkel —
also known as Dominick Kunkel —
of Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Grocer; saloon
keeper; first
selectman of Bridgeport, Connecticut, 1898-99.
Burial location unknown.
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Everett Pratt Latham (1868-1938) —
also known as Everett P. Latham —
of Granby, Hartford
County, Conn.; Bloomfield, Hartford
County, Conn.; Daytona Beach, Volusia
County, Fla.
Born in 1868.
Democrat. Farmer;
candidate for Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1900 (Granby), 1914 (Bloomfield);
grocer; postmaster at Bloomfield,
Conn., 1918-20.
Died in 1938
(age about
70 years).
Interment at Granby Cemetery, Granby, Conn.
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John C. Mandanici (born c.1918) —
of Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born about 1918.
Democrat. Supermarket manager; mayor
of Bridgeport, Conn., 1975-81; defeated, 1981, 1983 (primary),
1983 (Taxpayers).
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles J. Manwaring (born c.1870) —
of Niantic, East Lyme, New London
County, Conn.
Born in East Lyme, New London
County, Conn., about 1870.
Republican. Grocer; insurance
business; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from East Lyme, 1923-24.
Burial location unknown.
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Alton T. Miner (born c.1866) —
of New London, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Madison, New Haven
County, Conn., about 1866.
Democrat. Grocer; member of Connecticut
state senate 18th District, 1913-14; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Connecticut, 1916
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1932;
member of Connecticut
Democratic State Central Committee, 1922-30; mayor
of New London, Conn., 1934.
Burial location unknown.
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Frederick W. Miner (born c.1862) —
of New Britain, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Cornwall, Litchfield
County, Conn., about 1862.
Republican. Grocer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from New Britain, 1911-12.
Burial location unknown.
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Daniel Nash Morgan (1844-1931) —
also known as Daniel N. Morgan —
of Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Newtown, Fairfield
County, Conn., August
18, 1844.
Democrat. Grocer; dry goods
merchant; banker; mayor
of Bridgeport, Conn., 1880-81, 1884-85; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1883; member of Connecticut
state senate 14th District, 1885-86, 1893; resigned 1893;
Treasurer of the United States, 1893-97; candidate for Governor of
Connecticut, 1898.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the Revolution; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Odd
Fellows.
While crossing a street, he was hit by an
automobile, was badly injured, and died twelve days later, in
Bridgeport Hospital,
Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn., May 30,
1931 (age 86 years, 285
days).
Interment at Mountain
Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport, Conn.
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Paul Leonard Newman (1925-2008) —
also known as Paul Newman; "King
Cool" —
of Westport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Shaker Heights, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, January
26, 1925.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; American actor
and film
director; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Connecticut, 1968;
created the Newman's Own line of salad dressing and other
food products, with all profits donated to charity.
Slovak
and Jewish
ancestry. Member, Phi
Kappa Tau.
Died, of lung
cancer, in Westport, Fairfield
County, Conn., September
26, 2008 (age 83 years, 244
days).
Cremated.
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John A. Pilgard (c.1866-1935) —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Denmark,
about 1866.
Democrat. Grocer; banker;
elected mayor
of Hartford, Conn. 1935, but died before taking office.
Danish
ancestry.
Died, following gall
bladder surgery, in St. Francis Hospital,
Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., November
14, 1935 (age about 69
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Frank James Rice (1869-1917) —
also known as Frank J. Rice —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in North Adams, Berkshire
County, Mass., February
5, 1869.
Republican. Streetcar
conductor; grocer; real estate
business; mayor
of New Haven, Conn., 1910-17; died in office 1917.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Grotto;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Redmen;
Order
of Heptasophs; Knights
of Pythias; Union
League.
Died January
18, 1917 (age 47 years, 348
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.
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William F. Smithwick (1882-1945) —
of Bristol, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Ireland,
1882.
Democrat. Grocer; insurance
business; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Bristol, 1915-16; defeated,
1916.
Died in 1945
(age about
63 years).
Interment at St. Thomas Cemetery, Bristol, Conn.
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Epitaph:
"Faithfully served the City of Bristol as Charity Commissioner for 28
Years." |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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William C. Sorrentino —
of Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Republican. Pasta manufacturer; candidate for mayor
of Bridgeport, Conn., 1983.
Still living as of 1983.
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Clifford P. Wallace (born c.1880) —
of Prospect, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Prospect, New Haven
County, Conn., about 1880.
Republican. Grocer; farmer; first
selectman of Prospect, Connecticut, 1910; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Prospect, 1919-20.
Burial location unknown.
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